About This Item

  • Call NumberCBPL_0457
  • Title[Brooklyn Public Library patrons]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CBPL 0466, CBPL 1338, CBPL 0464, CBPL 0462, CBPL 0463, CBPL 0460, CBPL 0461, CBPL 0459, CBPL 0458, CBPL 1339, CBPL 0453, CBPL 0452, CBPL 0451, CBPL 0456, CBPL 0455, CBPL 0454), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seventeen interior views, in six different sizes, including three snapshots, of unidentified patrons standing or sitting and reading at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library. Thirteen of the images are not dated.
  • Date1953, 1961
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description17 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraitssnapshots
  • Note0504 (5 x 7 in.) and 0463 (10 x 8 in.) are identical. Date inscribed on verso of 0453: October 21, 1953; 0458: May, '61; typed on verso of 0462: 4-20-53. Inscribed on verso of 0453: "Ethel Smithline, 61 Eastern Parkway." Stamped on verso of 0452: "Christensen & Boesen;" 0458: "Ben Schiff Photo;" 0461: "Verna Photographers;" 0463: "Photo by Berns;". Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Central Library ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Brooklyn Public Library: Central: Patrons: I